Exhibits
The Lawrence Hall of Science is UC Berkeley’s public science center and a destination for science fun for more than 40 years. Come visit our featured and ongoing exhibits—and explore science by doing science.
Featured Exhibits
Imaginate
Design. Create. Imaginate.
February 4 – April 29, 2012Adventure through the creative process of science in Imaginate. Let Imaginate grip your passions and inspire your next big ideas.
Tony Hawk | Rad Science
The Science of Extreme Sports
May 26 – September 2, 2012Understand the science behind extreme sports. See how skateboarding, BMX biking, and snowboarding demonstrate the principles of physics.
Exhibit Experiences

Animal Investigations
Visit our animals—including iguanas, chinchillas, and the insect zoo—and find out how they have adapted to their environments. Learn what they eat, where they live, and how they move.

Science Today
Find out what scientists at UC Berkeley and around the world are working on—right now. View nanoparticles under an electron microscope, and watch climate change unfold in real time via a 3-D digital projection of the Earth.

Design, Build, Test
Team up with Cal Engineering students to tackle a design challenge—a bridge, kinetic sculpture, scribbling machine—then build a prototype and test it. Wooden blocks and a gravity wall keep young designers busy. Beginning in February, visit Imaginate to test out the creative process of innovation.

Earth and Space
Stargaze in our planetarium, or climb through an 18-foot granite sunstone that tracks the position of the Earth in space. Observe actual weather patterns and city lights on a six-foot-diameter, 3-D digital projection of our planet.

Touch, Climb, and Crawl
Stack and connect massive foam blocks and shapes. Crawl through a kaleidoscope, assemble a track on the gravity wall, or scale the back of a life-sized model fin whale.

The Bay Area and Beyond
Experience small-scale versions of the geologic forces that have shaped the Bay Area. Ride an earthquake simulator, set erosion in motion at our hands-on erosion tables, and check out the Bay with powerful telescopes.

Puzzles and Brain Teasers
Enjoy math games from all over the world. Try a hexagonal board game from Denmark, a 4,000-year-old Chinese number puzzle, a pattern game from the Congo, and more.




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